Provincial Politics

‘Abandoning the basics of communication’ – Rob Shaw on vaccination pop-up clinics.

Welcome to UnSpun - The Orca's current events podcast and YouTube show. Every week, Jody Vance and George Affleck unspin the latest news in local, provincial, federal politics, and much more.

Rob Shaw: Premier John Horgan promised travel restrictions, but every time he’s asked, they become less clear, less tough, and less real.

Carol Anne Hilton on fishing rights, a landmark legal ruling, and establishing a new truth.

The post-COVID vaccine hangover is real - but, and this can't be clear enough, WORTH IT.

Gavin Dew: What happens in BC’s business capital often spreads elsewhere – as municipal and provincial voting trends indicate.

Rob Shaw: The real story of the 2021 provincial budget may be billions in unallocated cash the NDP government can spend at will, and without oversight.

Katy Merrifield interviews the BC Liberal leadership candidates. First up, Skeena MLA and former Haisla Chief Councillor Ellis Ross.

Dene Moore looks at BC’s 2021 budget from a rural point of view.

Rob Shaw: The NDP have “chosen to quietly coast around the issue, unwilling or unable to find the political will to stand up for the kind of lower-income workers the party has long purported to represent.”